The Business Times, 15 February 2002

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2002 MITA(P) 107/03/2001
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    77 1 □sn 1,***** (+33.95) □ir-sn 737J3 (+15.87) ST DQ>EZ FUTURES 1,***** (+28.00) ansa rum ***** (+2.80) STOCK MAKKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 714.81 +189 NIKKEI 225 —10,061.09 +112.74 HANG SENG Owed SET INDEX ***** +331 JAKARTA COMP 439.402 +2.81 MANILA COMP .1,407.49 +ia85 TAIPEI WPI Ckwed SEOUL COMP
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    69 1 FOBEX KATES USI s» US$ (S$ per US$) 1829 £(l'S$/S$ per 1.427 2 609 EURO(llS$/SS/E). 0.871 1592 DM 1246 1128 YEN 132.4 7140 RM 1800 2.078 HK$ 7.800 4.266 BAHT 43 66 28.88 RUPIAH ***** 5.592 FUME RATES SINGAPORE* 518 KUALA LUMPUR 640 HONGKONG 6.128 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.725
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    Lock icon Rich may abuse Indon plan to help SMEs
    532 1  -  ITnexclusive Loophole could let well-connected tycoons cat their own debts: sources From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AN Indonesian government plan to help revive the country's struggling small and medium (SME) enterprises could be abused by the country's wealthiest and best-connected businessmen to
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    Lock icon Has the time come to cut property-CPF link ?
    918 1  - Has the time come to cut property-CPF link COMMENTARY By i Genevieve Cua WAITING in a bank queue some weeks ago, it was interesting to listen in on what the bank's investment advisers were recommending to people. When my turn came, and I asked the genial adviser what he would
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    Lock icon Astra set to be major earnings driver for CCL
    431 1  -  l^lexclusive Indon group turned around in 2001; telco stake sold Reports by Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Motor-based Cycle Carriage Ltd's (CCL) controversial stake in Astra International is expected to pay sizeable dividends in the coming months, BT has learnt. For the year
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    Lock icon Toyota close to buying Astra's Toyota arm
    180 1 [SINGAPORE] Toyota Motor Corp is said to be close to baying over Astra's Toyota manufacturing business, a possibility first highlighted by BT in a December 2000 interview with Astra chairman Teddy Rachmat Astra has a 51:49 venture with the Japanese company to assemble
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      97 1 maPB Accounting under scrutiny Bankers helped create Enron ventures. Pg 12 US accounting system a relic and in need of revamp: KPMG chief. Pg 12 Top Stories MPA cancels licences of ship fuel supplier Meridian Petroleum. Pg 2 Q4 private home sales up but CPF filings slip 45%. Pg 5
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      108 1 We're not just (wanting) to get a consensus. We're plumping for as many minds, arriving at as many options, as possible. J Vivian Balakrislman, chairman of the Remaking Singapore Committee mß|k' n THEBUSINESSTIMES 1 1 weekend Fancy an earty-moming game of tennis, a lunchhour swim, a karaoke session in the
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      10 1 Screening of BCA bids over by next week, Pg 10
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        81 2 SINGAPORE companies, bent on sticking to the tradition of releasing earnings reports only after the stock market closes, should learn from Singapore Telecom. Granted, Sing Tel had to release its results at a reasonable hour for investors in Australia, but it held a media briefing at 10.45
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        56 2 and you lose some YOU'D think that a communications company would handle its own communications smoothly at a critical time. Apparently not. At SingTel's analysts' conference last Friday, the tele-conferencing link failed. This meant that Australian-based analysts tracking the stock could not listen in which, in turn, prompted a few
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        Lock icon Par for the course
        61 2 TALKING about phones Star Hub is supplying 35,000 bottles of free mineral water at the coming Caltex Singapore Masters Charity Pro-Am 2002 golf tournament at Laguna National Golf Country Club. And the labels on the 300 ml bottles helpfully add: "Free IDD activation within 24 hours.
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        Lock icon Festive reprieve
        84 2 MANY employees of United Overseas Bank and the former Overseas Union Bank probably didn't have a good Chinese New Year holiday with the R word at the back of their minds. Some were concerned that they might find themselves locked out after the break, with the bank having
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      Lock icon 'Remaking S'pore' committee to look beyond the '5 Cs'
      850 2  -  Group to consult widely to examine non-economic factors that can help S'pore survive By i Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] A committee tasked with helping to "remake" Singapore will look beyond the "Five Cs" of Singaporean obsessions career, condominium, club, credit card
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      Lock icon MPA cancels licences of ship fuel supplier Meridian Petroleum
      569 2  -  Owner, masters of two banker tankers to face charges By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) yesterday cancelled the licences of local bunker supplier Meridian Petroleum and Bunkering Pte Ltd. It also said that it will
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      Lock icon Japan's overseas income tops trade earnings for first time
      426 2 Swing underscores companies' shift of production abroad Bloomberg [TOKYOJ Japan earned more from overseas subsidiaries, stocks and bonds than trade for the first time last year, signalling the world's second-biggest economy is changing from a nation of producers to a nation
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Bain & Co to advise on merger of KepFels, KHZ
      324 3  - Bain Co to advise on merger of KepFels, KHZ New combined entity to be named Keppel Offshore Marine Ltd By Conrad Raj THE Keppel group has appointed management consultants Bain Co to advise on the merger of Keppel Fels with Keppel Hitachi Zosen which is expected to be completed by
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      Lock icon Analysts see KCH boost to OCBC's profit
      380 3 Dow Jones Newswires [SINGAPORE] The acquisition of Keppel Capital Holdings and a share sale likely boosted Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp's net profit for the year ended Dec 31, 2001. The average forecast of six analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires is that OCBC's net
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      Lock icon SembWaste associate bags A$151m Aussie deal
      290 3  -  It will provide collection services to Brisbane for eight years nu i David Boey SEMBCORP Industries announced yesterday that Aus-tralian-based SITA Environmental Solutions (SITA Aus), an associate company of its waste management arm, has bagged Australia's single biggest rubbish collection deal. The ASISI million
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      Lock icon Ngiam Tong Dow joins Yeo Hiap Seng board
      211 3  -  Byi Adeline Chia NGIAM Tong Dow has been appointed an independent director of food and beverage group Yeo Hiap Seng. Nr Ngiam, who is nonexecutive chairman of the Housing and Development Board and also a director of United Overseas Bank and Singapore
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      Lock icon ASTI unit wins wafer inspection tool order
      106 3 Reuters ASTI Holdings Ltd, a maker of semiconductor parts, yesterday said its unit Semiconductor Technologies Instruments won an order to ship its third batch of 300 mm wafer inspection tools. ASTI said in a statement the deal was with "the world's predominant wafer
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      Lock icon Japan's share-buying fund faces uphill task
      907 3  -  lock siew Anthony rowley TODAY will mark the start of operations by Japan's new sharebuying fund the Banks' Shareholdings Purchase Corp (BSPC) which the government hopes will help to stop the rot in the Tokyo stock market. Promised activation of the fund, which is
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      310 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 14 VALUE CLOSE STOMOS -131.00 +64.00 IT CADI -*****.00 +148.00 ■T 10-dagrMA -*****.00 -13.00 OmMil 464.83 +8.60 157.23 +3.70 S6 EjmMM F1M 1574.02 +36.89 SGTp*liiPf» 466.20 +10.47 maawpm 222.62 +4.76 sanaFabvM 222.40 +2.80 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c..— 23.983.000 tS25?25c— 20.701.000 ££020C 17.377.000 Roty IntUSlOc 13.756,000 BWics
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      Lock icon Better to go for Strike Engg's shares instead of warrants
      271 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By\ R Sivanithy AFTER a brief but massive burst earlier this month, interest in Strike Engineering's warrants seems to have died. At 4.5 cents, this is one of the cheapest warrants available in the local market, and
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      Lock icon STI plays catch-up with Wall St
      750 4  -  i I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE local stock market kicked off the first trading day of the Year of the Horse in fine form yesterday, with the Straits Times Index galloping 33.95 points to finish at 1,774.63 in response to Wall Street's overnight
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      Lock icon Asian units rally with yen and Wall St
      308 4  -  With better news on US and Japanese fronts, euro recovery cnt short larry wee A COMBINATION of better-than-ex-pected US retail sales and Japanese rescue measures lifted Asian bourses and currencies against the US dollar in post-holiday trading yesterday, but short-circuited a euro
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3037 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIM Amro Ant Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!* 0.765/ Star Europe Bd 0.9& Star Europe Bai 085& Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.7W Star Asia Bond 1.241/ Star Asia Balanced 0.841/ Star Global Technology Fund 0 292/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!** 0.7t» MB Govett (Ma) Ud. Govett
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Q4 private home sales up but CPF filings slip 45%
      631 5  -  P=ft=t on the economy property This may be due to partially deferred downpayment plans, say analysts By Kalpana Rashiwala APPLICATIONS for the use of CPF funds to buy private homes fell 45 per cent in Q4 to 1,508 from 2,760
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      Lock icon Channel 8 tops Q4 market share in local TV
      380 5  -  By I Simone Erasmus MEDIACORP'S Mandarinlanguage Channel 8 retained the biggest slice of the local free-to-air television pie in the fourth quarter of 2001, with a market share of 42.8 per cent, according to Singapore Broadcasting Authority figures. But Channel U,
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      Lock icon EDB Investments faces higher risk exposure
      325 5  -  Direct stakes in investee firms rise to 84% in 2001 By' Tang Weng Fai ECONOMIC Development Board arm EDB Investments (EDBI) said yesterday that its proportion of direct investments and the risks of managing them increased last year. In a summary of its 2001
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      Lock icon Employers, job seekers shun recruiters
      403 7  -  Poll finds they prefer own network of contacts, says outplacement firm By Anna Teo JOB seekers and employers are shunning recruiters and relying on their own networking to suss out job opportunities and staff, according to outplacement firm Drake Beam Morin (DBM). "A newly-emerging trend
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      Lock icon EU MP finds fault with anti-terror alliance
      282 7  -  It's more an American effort than a global one: Graliam Watson By l Chuang Peck Ming A MEMBER of the European Parliament yesterday took issue with the US-led coalition in the current war against terrorism, describing it as a more unilaterally American action
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      Lock icon Dire need to revamp regulation of auditors
      518 7  -  Ibag Paul Thompson I REFER to your article "Address the cause, not the symptom" by Lee Han Shih (Hock Lock Siew, Feb 8). The shambolic turn of events at Enron has convinced me that the auditors have finally blown it this time. So
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      Lock icon What is the future of OUT?
      154 7  -  Wee Hian Kok Singapore FOLLOWING the release of its 2001 financial statement, I have been waiting to hear what the future of Overseas Union Trust (OUT) as a company will be following the takeover of its majority shareholder, OUB, by UOB. Apart from the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon New Delhi not ready to take needed steps
      782 6  -  Mi!l=l I bottom line OPINION prern shankar jha The writer, based in New Delhi andformer editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT LATE last week, Moody's warned the world to stay away from India because it was headed into
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      60 6 The best thing we've ever done.' -Steve Jobs Apple Computer s CEO, on the company s new iMac personal computer, which features a flat-panel monitor. The PC market is an uninspiring place to be. Since they (Apple) are the smallest player, it's even less so.' Yinaie Mtacotino
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      Lock icon A prudent forecast revision
      537 6 EDITORIAL THE upward revision of the 2002 GDP growth forecast for Singapore to between one and 3 per cent —from the previous minus 2 to plus 2 per cent —comes as no surprise and may, indeed, turn out conservative. But, as 2001 taught us, there are
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      Lock icon ADL should've taken its own prescription
      1096 6  -  Eyebrows rose when Arthur D Little filed for bankruptcy protection. Bat it expects to bounce back, with its Asian ops intact Byi Anna Teo The writer is a BTsenior correspondent THE news that Arthur D Little has filed for bankruptcy protection might have passed
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      Lock icon Dangerous 'new political era'
      542 6  -  COMMENT ART PM Thaksin wants to create a Thai 'parliamentary dictatorship' By' Tepchai Yong Bangkok Post THAKSIN Shinawatra came to power a year ago promising voters a "new political era". And indeed he managed to make good his word. But, unfortunately, Thaksin's brand of "new politics"
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    1146 7 Transaction date:Feb 14 jgSBjjjgCROSS RATES C$ Kwfc Ef Ffr Pw HK$ jjifcjg* M Ih iZStttto Pwo S$ 8w4 Sir MT$ 8*t Hmi US$ Austrrti 0.818 4269 0.591 1875 L155 4.01Z 25.056 52.605 0.681 6.766 1955 1223 30.947 ***** 0.941 5.916 0876 18.021 22.461 0.361 0.5V4 Cmil 1222 5218 0.722
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      201 7 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btietterQsph.com.sg or fax us at *****77, or write to: The Business Times, SPH HQ. 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 3, Singapore *****4. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verity it came from you. Please use temperate language,
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      11 7 Obsolete US accounting system needs drastic overhaul: KPMG chief, Pg 12
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      1826 8 |*r i i mm i r of ices WPIPiHiMPiiiiiRHHMHl SHING INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special General Meetng of WAH SHING INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (the "Company") wHI be heW at the Mahogany Room. Level 2,
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      313 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO FAMOUS ORIENTAL GOURMET PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held al I Changi South Lane. #03-01 Accord Famous Distri Centre. Singapore *****0 oo Ist February 2002. the following resolutions were duly passed
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      278 8 IN THE MATTER OF LAND TITLES (STRATA) ACT CAP. 156 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION STRATA TITLE NO. 1649 ON VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Management Corporation duly convened and held at 101 Thomson Road #3300, United Square, Singapore *****1 on 6 February
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      1256 8 SWAH SHING INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE (I) CONSOLIDATION OF EVERY TWENTY (20) ISSUED AND UNISSUED ORDINARY SHARES Of HKSO 01 EACH IN THE CAPITAL OF WAH SHING INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (THE -COMPANY") INTO ONE (1) ORDINARY SHARE OF HKSO.2O("HKSO.2O SHARE") (THE
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      500 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HRM SOLUTIONS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditor* ol ttie abovenamed Company artiich i* being voluntarily wound up. are required on or before the 15th day ot March 2002
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      392 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP SO AND IN THE MATTER OF GSE PROCESS SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE (PTE) LIMITED (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308( 11 of lha Companies Acl, Cap 50. lhat a Finol Meeting of lha Mambors
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      449 8 Q***** Tat Lee Bank K»pp«i TMLm Bank Limited Incorporated in The Republic of Singapore NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE UNITED STATES DOLLAR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE 2002 ("USS FRCDS") In accordance with the provisions of the USS FRCDs, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period from and including 13 Feb
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  • REGIONAL news
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        Lock icon Oil giant PTT faces tax evasion case
        130 9 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand will charge its largest oil company, PTT Pel, for falsifying gasoline export documents to evade taxes, an allegation the company denies. The government's customs department said it will file charges this week against PTT and the company's senior officials, including
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        Lock icon Globe Telecom to contest billing rule
        68 9 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Globe Telecom, a unit of Singapore Telecom, and Smart Communications are planning to contest the new billing scheme requiring them to bill calls in six-second increments, National Telecoms Commission chief Eliseo Rio Jr was quoted by Philippine press as saying. Mr Rio
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        Lock icon Philippine interest rate cut 25bps
        71 9 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine central bank cut its benchmark overnight interest rates a quarter percentage point to encourage companies to borrow to invest and to spur domestic spending. The bank cut the rate it charges commercial lenders for overnight loans to 9.50 per cent and
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        Lock icon Park May shares suspended
        45 9 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Trading in Park May shares has been suspended on the Kuala Lumpur bourse from yesterday to Monday. An announcement will be made on a proposed acquisition exercise which will result in a reverse takeover and backdoor listing. AFX
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        Lock icon Petronas to invest in Manila project
        54 9 Dow Jones Newswires [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Petronas is expected to finalise an agreement by end-February or early March with Philippine National Oil Co on investment in the Philippine Bataan naphtha cracker project. Petronas had expressed interest in acquiring a 20 per cent stake in the
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      Lock icon RHB's H1 loss doubles to RMl23m on provisions
      240 9  -  From\ Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur RASHID Hussain Berhad yesterday said its losses for the first half ended December 2001 doubled to RM 123.8 million (5559.5 million), weighed down by bigger provisions due to weaker economic growth. Pre-tax earnings were down
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      Lock icon MMC Engg shares jump 20% on talk of bonus issue
      351 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters SHARES of construction firm MMC Engineering jumped nearly 20 per cent yesterday, buoyed by talk it may issue bonus and rights shares after winning a flood control project jointly with rival Gamuda. Speculation also swirled that the
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      Lock icon Sapura, Southern Bank shares climb
      397 9  -  Counters move on news Sapura could bny into bank; other finance stocks also in play From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur REPORTS of telecommuni-cations-based Sapura group's attempts to buy into Southern Bank Bhd excited punters on the stock market yesterday, resulting in stocks connected
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      60 9 AP /JAKARTA/ Streets became streams and old tyres were commandeered as transportation in the Indonesian capital as several districts were inundated with muddy water yesterday in the worst floods to hit the city in decades. Thousands of residents in central and southern Jakarta were forced to abandon their
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    1690 9 gOOMFUTUMS Feb 14 lttBKRF«bra(CI«invicn) RSSKScmUAD Close VotaM Open Mwtt Kwr Sett (towm) tafamt itar 02 116.50 Apr 02 117.75 •toy 02 Jw 02 118.75 ISS 3(UScwtsAq) VotaM Opw Mo*tfc High Lw Sttt (towws) Irtorwt Hv 02 6150 6150 6150 50 1550 Apr 02 6150 64.75 6475 200 2325 M*r
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Former battlefield to become a tourist resort
      381 10  -  Thailand, Laos, Cambodia plan Emerald Triangle along their borders From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND, Cambodia and Laos are developing a multimillion dollar "Emerald Triangle" tourism resort in a virgin area along their common borders, Thai officials said yesterday. The three countries expect
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      Lock icon Indah Kiat says 2000 loss was US$400m
      241 10 JAKARTA This is nearly triple the amount it reported in August Bloomberg PT Indah Kiat Pulp Paper, a unit of Indonesia's Asia Pulp Paper Co, said its loss in 2000 was nearly triple the amount it reported in August. In a statement to
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      Lock icon New Al-Qaeda chief planning attacks: US
      233 10 WASHINGTON NYT AN elusive 30-year-old Palestinian who travels the world using false passports and multiple aliases has emerged as the new chief of operations for Al-Qaeda and is now believed to be organising remnants of the terrorist network to carry out new attacks against
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      16 10 leaders later signed a joint statement on partnerships between their tiwnuntrte AFP
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      Lock icon Screening of BCA bids will be over next week
      296 10 JAKARTA Central bank chief says results will be submitted to Ibra Reuters INDONESIA'S central bank yesterday said it hoped to finish screening the four bidders seeking a majority stake in the country's largest retail bank, Bank Central Asia (BCA), by the
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      Lock icon Jakarta aims to divest Indofarma in June
      226 10 JAKARTA INDONESIA aims to divest a 51 per cent stake of mid-sized pharmaceutical firm PT Indofarma to a strategic partner in June, according to a draft privatisation plan seen on A previous bad suggested divestment in r April. The government also plans to
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      Lock icon Indonesians blockade Caltex oil field
      187 11 SINGAPORE PROTESTERS around PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia's Rokan facility have blockaded a road and taken equipment hostage in an attempt to force the company to pave a road used by locals, a company spokesman said yesterday. The blockade started on Tuesday near the Jurong oil
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      Lock icon Tatas buys 25% of state IDD monopoly
      676 11 BOMBAY 14.4b rupee deal with VSNL makes it a key player in the Indian market Reuters THE powerful Tata group acquired a 25 per cent stake in India's monopoly overseas phone service provider on Wednesday, gaining a firm foothold in the country's telecoms
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      Lock icon Chinese firms' IPO proceeds fall 41%
      143 11 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINESE companies raised 41 per cent less from initial share sales in 2001 than the year before, Xinhua news agency said, citing the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the stock market regulator. A total of 74 companies raised 46.1 billion yuan (Sslo.l billion)
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      Lock icon UK law to punish execs for bribes abroad
      419 11 LONDON Businesses blast move, saying it'll disadvantage them overseas Reuters BRITISH business executives operating overseas will with immediate face up to seven years in jail back home if they are caught slipping out backhanders to try and ease their business deals. A
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      Lock icon Asean to explore water pact at informal summit
      272 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama ASEAN ministers in charge of water are to explore the prospects of the regional grouping complementing each other in meeting water needs, Malaysian Works Minister S Samy Vellu said. He said there would be ministerial-level discussions on the issue
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Bankers helped create Enron ventures
      684 12 ACCOUNTING UMDER SCRUTINY Wall St names helped others form similar complex partnerships NYT, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Investment bankers at some big Wall Street firms helped create and find investors for complex partnerships that Enron Corp used to mask its true financial condition. Then they started
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      383 12 HOUSTON Reuters THE head of one of the world's "Big Five" accounting firms on Wednesday dismissed the US accounting system as an obsolete relic of the industrial age and said a drastic overhaul was needed to restore investor
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      343 12 WASHINGTON LAT-WP INTEREST is building on Capitol Hill for an investigation into the business and accounting practices that steered telecommunications pioneer Global Crossing Ltd into bankruptcy, stranding workers and investors with worthless stock while company executives reaped huge financial rewards. "It appears to be inevitable
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      263 12 NYT RESPONDING to the collapse of Enron Corp, regulators, legislators and the chief accounting rulemaker proposed on Wednesday changes in the way companies do business and report their finances, including closing the loophole Enron used to hide hundreds of millions of dollars
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      473 13 WASHINGTON US business inventories in Dec also down to lowest level in 2 years Bloomberg, Reuters THE number of US workers seeking unemployment aid fell last week, the government said yesterday in a report that showed an improving labour market and added to signs the
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        184 13 AFP [STOCKHOLM] Several models of Volvo cars, marketed as among the safest vehicles in the world, create magnetic fields so strong that they could cause health problems including miscarriages and leukaemia in children, according to a report in Swedish daily Expressen yesterday. Volvo rejected the report as
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        64 13 Reuters [ZURICH] ÜBS AG yesterday said its net profit fell by 24 per cent in the fourth quarter 2001 versus the same 2000 quarter to 1.106 billion Swiss francs (511.2 billion), beating expectations. But the bank said: "As prospects for an economic recovery recede to
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        62 13 Reuters [LONDON] GlaxoSmithKline yesterday topped expectations with a 14 per cent rise in underlying 2001 earnings, and forecast solid profit growth this year and next. The company, created from the merger in December 2000 of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, said pre-tax profits totalled £6.17 billion (Ssl6
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        85 13 Reuters [ROTTERDAM] Unilever profits yesterday came in just ahead of expectations with the Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant reporting a 66 per cent rise in net profits of 1.858 billion euros (552.96 billion) for last year and repeating its forecast for low double-digit earnings
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        73 13 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro Holding said fourth quarter earnings fell 22 per cent as weakening economies forced the largest Dutph bank to set aside more money to cover risky loans to companies such as Enron Corp. Net income before charges dropped to 533 million
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        50 13 AFP [LONDON] British bank Barclays said profit grew 9 per cent in 2001 but set aside £1.15 billion (Ss3 billion) for bad debts. Net income was £1.16 billion or 70 pence a share, from £1.15 billion or 76p a share, in the year-before period. —AFP
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      343 14 SAN FRANCISCO But Q2 earnings may fall on low consumer spending Reuters, AFX HEWLETT-PACKARD Co. on Wednesday reported first quarter profits above Wall Street expectations it had raised last week, as consumers snapped up personal computers and printers. The company said the results
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      670 14  -  Analysts say shipping a leading indicator of demand level in economy Frorrii Andrew Marks in New York INVESTORS have not found clear signs of a turnaround in the US economy in the fourth-quarter (Q4) earnings results and guidance from company managements. But an
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      614 15  -  With a touch of humour, a gorgeous lead and a happy ending, women will love this romantic fantasy By Suaan Tsang KATE and Leopold is a romantic comedy less in the mould of Sleepless in Seattle than it is a woman's dream. Perhaps director James Mangold
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      583 15  -  The Afi&ir of the Necklace begins well but soon loses its glitter By\ Susan Tsang THE Affair of the Necklace opens with the promise of great things. A court is trying a case involving a necklace made of 647 diamonds, which would later be credited with helping
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      948 16  -  A year has passed since the first intake of the Theatre Training And Research Programme, paryathi mayar finds out how the programme is faring PARYATHI NAYAR THE first intake of students into the Theatre Training And Research Programme (TTRP) last year was a beginning but also
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      262 16  -  Byi Cheah Ui-Hoon Part of the "academic" underpinnings of Theatre Training and Practice's (TTRP) theatre curriculum include a solid humanities core learning about social, historical and cultural environs that give rise to particular theatre traditions in their respective societies. But TTRP students aren't the only ones
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      265 16 Speaker Prof Fujita Takanori Dote: Thurs, Feb 21, 7.30pm 10.30pm Venue: Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place Prof Fujita will examine the narrative styles of texts and musical expressions in Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku. W2583G83F Noh" 1 1011 Speaker Prof Richard Emmert Dale: Sat Mar
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      454 16  -  By' Tan Hwee Hwee SINGAPORE'S not exactly known as a wellspring for erotica and abroad, we're seen as an anally-clenched nanny state guarded by censors who are always poised to block any smut that might corrupt our fragile little minds. Love Gathers All
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      294 16  -  The 20-odd poems represented a broad spectrum of styles By Aaron Lye THERE was more than just dramatised poetry to be found in Four Sides to a Ring, local theatre group Mime Unlimited's latest production. Written by Michael Corbidge and directed by Shirley
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      416 16  -  Complied by Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES Of Mice and Mm An adaptation by British playwright Roger Parsley that makes this John Steinbeck classic accessible to new audiences, Of Mice and Men deals with loneliness, unfulfilled dreams and racism through the eyes of two unemployed men living during the Great
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      868 17 KELVIN TONG CHEEK EATING Air (1999) is one of the smartest, most satisfying local films made so far, yet it fared abysmally in terms of ticket sales. It's maker Kelvin Tong, philosophical about losing out to Arnie's The Sixth Day at the box office, has just gone
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      1948 18  -  Has the Singapore film industry evolved enough to have an identity of its own? How can it develop further? Parvathi Nayar talks to local film-makers Parvathi Nayar Ben Cruz THE term "Singapore film industry" sounds innocuous enough, right? Wrong. Responses range from the derisive, to "that's an oxymoron"
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      273 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose seven points to 940, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 17 points to 952, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD fell six points to 6,557 and tfaje Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up four points to 1,139. TUB-CHARTER: ♦AJcyon (built 2001) 75#47
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      526 19 IMO meeting seeks a narrower plan as some find US proposals one-sided Reuters [LONDON] A US-led plan to tighten the net on international arms smuggling by beefing up security at all major ports has met resistance from four European Union
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      418 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] P&O Princess Cruises shareholders were scheduled to vote yesterday in favour of a US$7.4 billion union with Royal Caribbean Cruises to overtake Carnival Corp as the world's biggest cruise operator. Miami-based Carnival, which wants to keep its position as the No
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      304 19  -  By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has renewed its call for an inquiry and will lodge a formal complaint against the Australian Government over allegations that union communications with the crew of Tampa were spied upon. A
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      235 19 Vessel to be refitted in China before being towed to M&c&n AFP [HONG KONG] A decommissioned Ukrainian aircraft carrier is to be refitted in China and used as a floating casino and hotel in Macau, a report said yesterday. The unarmed ship, Varyag,
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      Lock icon Vessel master, operator rapped for not reporting grounding
      748 20  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar Tl HE master and operator of a (vessel that was involved in a grounding incident in New Zealand waters have been taken to task by the country's maritime safety watchdog for the failure to report the
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      314 20 Revenue last year fell to USsBl7m from USsB36m in 2000 SWEDEN'S Wilh Wilhelmsen group saw pre-tax profits fall 33.6 per cent to US$27 million last year, with operating profits down 17.3 per cent to US$67 million. The drop was the result of a fall
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        813 29 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        378 30 Airports, pilots and aircraft owners have to meet new security terms Reuters [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it would permit the last three US airports still shut down after the Sept 11 hijackings to reopen
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        177 30 Reuters [MADRID] Partners in airline alliance oneworld will meet in Chile next Thursday to discuss the future of the group, Spanish airline Iberia said. The talks follow the failure of oneworld's two biggest members, British Airways and American Airlines, to merge their transatlantic operations after
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        186 30 AP [FRANKFURT] A German court has ruled that budget Irish airline Ryanair can advertise its new base in Germany as "FrankfurtHahn" for now even though it is 100 kilometres from the city. But in the ongoing dispute between the two carriers, the court
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        493 30 AFP [WASHINGTON] United Airlines mechanics have rejected a federally brokered contract offer, setting the stage for a potentially crippling strike for the carrier as soon as next week. Members of the International Association of Machinists voted on Tuesday overwhelmingly to reject the
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        247 30 Second such incident in C&liforni&n airports in past weeks Xinhua [LOS ANGELES] The international terminal at the Los Angeles International Airport was evacuated for about an hour on Wednesday morning over a false bomb scare. The Tom Bradley International terminal, which serves over 30
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        448 30 AP [ROME] Just when Alitalia was showing the first signs this week of a pick-up in air travel since Sept 11, the country's air safety system seemed to be imploding. The Italian government said recently that it wanted to
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        295 30 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International, the best performing stock among Asian carriers this year, probably returned to profit in its fiscal first quarter, helped by lower fuel prices and rising travel demand. Asia's eighth-biggest airline may earn a profit of
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      488 24 WEEKLY SEKVKE TO SOUTH AFRICA A SOUTH AMERICA (WtMM*tOTOIWO IDB6a(MCt.MOHMiasa) DOSULMCIUMIWIIOWBWtO) jam Mi lei— utt* I r—| It n UHCmmm K2OIS I I/O? 02/03 04/03 04/03 14/03 11/03 M/M ~r/S m —TiTiß m 1 m ~m —m m —SEE RTR tmtmm PQOIS rfflß ***** ISTO 557 TH J778 ***** 3175?
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      521 27 35Sp K>i:n^lg[cgM':lMJiiiM'B BREAKBULK A CONVENTIONAL SERVICE DIRECT SERVICE FROM S'PORE TO KARACHI IVfSSB I VOYAtt fIA SMGAPORf fIA KARACM IMUHAA I 117-HW 74/07/0? M/OVO? SEA-PAC MANAGEMENT PIE. LTD. 70 Anion Rood *17-07/09 Apax Toww, Sinjopw *****5 biU TaUpKona: 270 0977 FocsimaU: 273 2309 Taluc RS ***** SCATAC DIRECT SIN NAMPO,
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